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FREE PATTERNS Click the picture to see the patterns. Tube Scarf, Tubular Knitting on 2 Needles Baby Shoulderette Crochet Pattern Knitting a tube pattern on two needles is quite easy. This is an article showing you how it is done with yarn and needle sizes for lightweight or double knitting, plus an easy tube scarf pattern. The baby shoulderette is perfect for baby girls to wear over a pretty dress or boys and girls to wear over a shirt as a poncho style sweater. Make it in pretty pastels or use bright colours. Silhouette Portraits and Shadow Plays - Kid Crafts Before cameras, people immortalized themselves with silhouette portraits.  They are easy to do and quite fascinating for children. Once they have done a portrait, they might like to try using other objects or toys. Children love to dress up and play pretend. Even older children love to put on skits. Children can put on a very realistic skit by using shadows. Chair Sets Chair sets are eye catching. As part of the room décor, they were crocheted in beautiful, intricate designs and shapes. Enter a room in your home with fresh eyes and imagine. Needle Weaving Pulled or drawn thread weaving requires you pull out vertical threads and then with Needle Weaving, weave over and under the remaining horizontal groups of threads. Alternately, you can place threads on a loom and work on these with needle weaving. This is an article from a 1938 crafts magazine explaining with diagrams how to do needle weaving, and giving a pattern for pillows. Button Knots Have you ever found a sweater or dress that you wanted to buy because it was very pretty or on sale but didn't buy it simply because of the plain buttons? You can very easily turn a plain article of clothing into something very special with button knots.

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